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LOT 2281
Large Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Halves
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/4 - 9 1/2 in. (3.77 kg total, 23.5-24 cm).
Each with a cut base and polished internal face showcasing the internal gas chambers of the ammonite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
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Mixed Ireland, Scotland and English Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Coloured Quartz Composite Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composite nodule with enhanced vibrant purple crystals. 187 grams total, 58-60 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising four polished specimens. 126 grams total, 47-83 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
